Do young graduates with professional and vocational master's degrees regard themselves as competent to hold their jobs?
Professional and vocational courses requiring five years' post-secondary study are supposed to meet specific needs for competences in a given area of employment. Young graduates believe they have acquired the specific competences they think their employers require. In their view, the shortfall lies in their general competences. Is this a reason to question the increasingly vocational nature of university courses?
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Authors: Calmand, Julien; Giret, Jean-Francois; Lemistre, Philippe; Menard, Boris
Published: Marseille, France, CEREQ, 2015
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